A WhamEpisode radically alters a StoryArc. A WhamLine is a line that radically alters a scene. A WhamShot is the purely visual version.

An unexpected move, or even a change of expression on one of the characters, can be all that's needed to alter a scene completely. It can actually be any event that doesn't need any characters commenting it for the viewer to realise an important twist is happening. In literature or any other written narratives, the WhamLine and the Wham Shot can be the same thing. In visual media however, the WhamLine tends to be a line of dialogue. The Wham Shot is anything else that can happen to alter a scene and is visible to the viewer or reader. Like its verbal or written cousin, the Wham Shot can be part of a WhamEpisode or of TheReveal. It also has to be completely unexpected.

Different from RevealShot as it doesn't necessarily involve moving the camera to show the surprising element, but overlapping between the two tropes can be quite frequent.

Possible special cases: RevealingHug, TraitorShot, ReactionShot, TheStinger, The GutPunch, and/or the last frame of a StaggeredZoom.

'''Warning: unmarked spoilers below'''----!!Examples:

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* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', the panels where the Rogue Titan attacks another Titan over an immobile human and takes a boxing stance, indicating intelligence. Both are impossible as far as humanity's knowledge goes, as the expressions on the observers' faces show.* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':** Yoruichi is a black cat that talks in an extremely masculine way. When finally consents to show his true form to Ichigo, he transforms... into a woman. Lampshaded in-universe, Yoruichi actually gets a huge kick out of setting up people to think she's male before revealing the truth.** When Aizen is revealed to be alive to his loyal lieutenant and the audience at the same time, an overwhelmed Hinamori hugs him and bursts into tears. Aizen gently apologies for having caused her so much pain and thnaks her for being such a reliable lieutenant... before ending his speech with the word "goodbye" and the sight of him stabbing her through the chest... revealing him to be the BigBad.** Ichigo thrashes Byakuya, finally winning Rukia's freedom and leaving both himself and Byakuya exhausted and badly injured. When Aizen captures Rukia and the call to all the captains goes out, Ichigo, Renji and Komamura are defeated and Aizen orders Gin to stab Rukia. Gin does so... but the person he stabs is Byakuya, who - despite his injuries and exhaustion - was still fast enough to intervene in an act that is the complete opposite of his previous support for Rukia's execution.** When Kon is almost killed by the Grand Fisher, who thinks he's really Ichigo, Kon is rescued... by Isshin, who is wearing a Shinigami uniform, sporting a zanpakutou and clearly capable of seeing ghosts.** Kenpachi kills Nnoitra and the usual post-battle banter kicks off between Kenpachi and Ichigo, and it looks like Ichigo and his group will now be leaving Hueco Mundo and leaving the Shinigami behind to clean up. The banter is promptly interrupted by Starrk appearing out of nowhere, kidnapping Orihime and vanishing again before Kenpachi and Ichigo can even react.** The nature of the entire Lost Agent arc changes in a single scene when Ichigo, desperately trying to figure out whether Uryuu is on his side or Tsukishima's, gets told by Uryuu that the man behind Ichigo is the person who stabbed him. The person standing behind Ichigo is not Tsukishima... it's Ichigo's "friend", Ginjou.** Flashbacks reveal that, 20 years before the start of the story, Aizen was experimenting on a very special hollowfication that was using a Shinigami's soul as a base. The hollow is revealed when it ambushes Isshin... and looks identical to the strange hollow form Ichigo took when fighting Ulquiorra.** When Isshin finally explains to Ichigo what the truth is about Masaki's death and that it's connected to how Uryuu's mother died, it concludes with a newly-resolved Ichigo thanking Isshin for the information before shifting to Yhwach. Yhwach, as usual, is sat on his throne, plotting with Haschwalth. The machination is only revealed to be completely out-of-the-ordinary when it's revealed Yhwach is talking to a third man as well... his newest recruit, Uryuu.* In ''Manga/DeathNote'', this is how Light's father and the police inspector working on the Kira case are revealed to be the same person to the viewer.* ''Manga/{{Limit}}'' uses these in abundance to emphasize a Big Reveal. We get one in volume 5 when it's revealed that [[spoiler: Hinata]] was the "murderer hiding in our midst", even though it was foreshadowed WAY early on. We also get another one in volume one right after the bus crash when Konno opens her phone and we see the pile of dead bodies behind her.* At the beginning of the eighth chapter of the ''Manga/YuGiOhGX'' manga, Sho launches an attack on his opponent's monster. When the smoke clears, it is revealed that his opponent is Judai. Shortly thereafter, [[HowWeGotHere it is revealed how they were forced to duel each other]].* In the 33rd episode of ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'', Shun and Sora begin their duel. The announce announced that the field chosen for them is none other than Future Metropolis [[Anime/YuGiOhZexal Heartland]], which is based off of Shun's now-destroyed hometown and confirms that the XYZ Dimension is definitely linked to Zexal.* TheStinger of episode 10 of the animated adaptation of ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'', where Rikka, who always wears a yellow contact lens on her right eye and put an eyepatch over it as part of her "Evil Eye" gimmick, takes off her eyepatch to reveal... a ''perfectly-normal blue eye.''* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', the photo showing a much younger Pinako with Hoheneim [[spoiler:looking identical to his present self]].** In the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 anime]], we have Envy's true face...[[spoiler:he looks ''just like Hoenheim'']].** In both, the reveal of what's really under [[CoolOldGuy Fuhrer King Bradley's]] eyepatch; [[spoiler:an ouroborus tattoo. He's a ''[[EvilAllAlong homunculus]]'']].* From ''{{Manga/Naruto}}'', this is how we finally see the at first unidentified corpse that scared the Masked Man into working with Kabuto: it's the ''real'' Uchiha Madara.** In the Search for Tsunade arc, there are shots of Sasuke frantically racing to get to Naruto before Itachi, who's hunting for the Nine-Tailed Fox inside Naruto, can do so. Sasuke reaches a door, seemingly that of the inn room where Naruto is staying, and knocks, while Naruto, hearing a knock on his door, gets up to answer it. The next pages show that Sasuke found the wrong room, and Naruto opens his door to see Itachi and Kisame, who have tracked him down.** The last page of Chapter 698 shows that [[spoiler: Naruto and Sasuke blew each other's arm off with their final attacks]].* Done in ''Franchise/DragonBall'' when Raditz first appears, which featured him searching for someone named Kakarot. The very last shot of his introductory appearance in both the [[Anime/DragonBallZ anime]] and manga shows what Kakarot looks like, revealing him to be Goku when he was a baby.** [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome An awesome one]] occurs late in the Buu Saga where Enma-Daioh is distressed how Buu is killing everyone on Earth and decides to bring out one of the more powerful souls he kept on standby just in case things started getting too out of hand. Cue the currently dead Vegeta [[HesBack walking up with a smirk on his face]] and [[LetsGetDangerous ready to kick some ass]].* The epic pan out at the end of the first episode of ''NowAndThenHereAndThere'' as Shu hangs from the bottom of the Hellywood, showing the immense, desolate scope of the blasted alien world he's tumbled into and how tiny and insignificant he is there. Any thoughts of this being a standard shonen adventure are ''gone.''* Chapter 731 of ''Manga/OnePiece'' has one at the very end: After Luffy sees a certain mysterious man and has an epic JawDrop, he is later seen crying. When Zoro tries to snap him out of it and asks why he's crying, Luffy answers [[spoiler: that he always thought that person was dead]]. We then get a shot of [[spoiler: three sake cups at Ace and Whitebeard's graves, very strongly implying (if not indirectly confirming) that said person is ''Sabo''.]]** In Sanji's backstory, he, trapped on an island with Zeff, is led to believe that Zeff has taken the majority of the food. Out of food and literally starving to death, he plans on trying to steal Zeff's stash, and cuts open the bag he thinks contains the food. Treasure then spills out, revealing that Zeff gave all the food to Sanji, and Sanji notices Zeff's missing leg, and realizes the sacrifices Zeff had made for him.* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'' has one when Homura confronts Sayaka. She realizes [[spoiler: Sayaka shouldn't exist, and asks her who she is. Sayaka insists that she's exactly who Homura thinks she is. Cue the sky darkening and Oktavia von Seckendorff appearing in the puddle they're standing on...]]** Later on in the movie, just as [[spoiler:the real Madoka appears to take Homura to heaven]] there is a very quick shot of the latter with HiddenEyes and a PsychoticSmirk. [[FiveSecondForeshadowing It is a very fast and unsettling piece of foreshadowing]] that something is about to go horribly wrong. [[spoiler:[[CosmicRetcon Then Homura grabs Madoka's hands...]]]]** The original series has one that takes repeat viewing [[spoiler:after episode 10]] to see: [[spoiler:Homura's pained expression as Kyubey reach Madoka in the very first episode]].** Much earlier in the series, there was the shot of [[spoiler:Mami's decapitated body hanging from Charlotte's mouth]].* Toward the end of ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'', very few fans were surprised to see [[spoiler:Red's Charizard Mega Evolve]], as it was hinted at even in the initial trailer. [[spoiler: However, ''everyone'' was caught completely off guard when the aforementioned Mega Evolution took place... and a ''completely different'' version of Mega Charizard appeared. This was immediately followed by the announcement that Charizard was, in fact, getting ''two'' Mega Evolutions.]]* In ''Manga/SakiShinohayuDawnOfAge'', Mafuka, an IdolSinger, saves Hayari from a man who is trying to [[WouldHurtAChild harm her]] for calling him out on his behavior, then shows her the same trick with a mahjong tile that the woman Hayari met in the hospital showed her. Hayari then realizes that the IdolSinger she initially found somewhat annoying and the woman she admired are the same person, presumably eventually leading her to become the kind of mahjong player she is in the present story.* ''Anime/SchoolRumble'' episode 10 had Harima declaring his love for Tenma, but it was Eri by mistake.* ''Manga/ShigatsuWaKimiNoUso'' has few of them:** [[spoiler: Kaori collapsing]] at the end of episode 4.** [[spoiler: Kaori in the hospital AGAIN]] at the end of episode 13.** Episode 15 has the first few moments where [[spoiler:Kaori's limbs give out again when she's walking around her house while reading sheet music. She falls on her head and opens a wound but doesn't notice it until she sees blood on her hands and sheet music and then she passes out.]] And then there's the last two minutes where [[spoiler:she's walking around in the hospital and she falls and suddenly loses feeling in her legs]].** In Episode 20 [[spoiler:the black cat that's been around the whole series gets fatally run over and all the audience and Kousei sees is the cat lying lifelessly in a pool of its own blood]].** Episode 22. [[spoiler: Kaori disappearing in front of Kousei during his performance, symbolizing her death.]]* In chapter 66-3 of ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'', the Headmaster removes his cloak for the first time to show [[spoiler:he's completely covered in [[PowerLimiter holy locks]].]]* ''Manga/FairyTail'': Chapter 444. We finally see who Emperor Spriggan, the ruler of the Albareth Empire and the apparent BigBad of the arc is. We then echo Markarov's reaction when it's revealed that "Emperor Spriggan" is really [[spoiler:'''''Zeref''''']].[[/folder]]

[[folder: Comics ]]* ''ComicBook/GodzillaKingdomOfMonsters'' showcases, not only did Godzilla survive a nuclear blast, he now has an Atomic Ray to boot.* ''[[ECComics Judgement Day]]'': An astronaut was deciding whether a planet of robots was fit for membership in TheFederation. He judged against them because the orange robots discriminated against the blue robots. In the final panel, he took off his helmet, revealing himself to be a black man.* ''Comicbook/ExMachina'' tells the story of Mitchell Hundred, superhero turned Mayor of New York City. In the first issue, [[InSpiteOfANail the world looks identical to ours despite Hundred's presence]]...until the last panel which shows [[spoiler:one of the Twin Towers still standing and Hundred lamenting that he couldn't save both]].* ''Comicbook/TheAuthority'': The relationship between [[spoiler: Apollo and The Midnighter]] is finally made explicit right before the finale of the first arc - [[spoiler: Midnighter]] is desperately trying to prevent [[spoiler: Apollo]] from heading out on a potentially fatal mission and this happens:-->[[spoiler:'''Midnighter''']]: But you'll ''die!''** The WHAM moment is not the line, but the action that accompanies it - [[spoiler: Midnighter]] putting his hand to [[spoiler: Apollo's]] face - plus their facial expressions. It's confirmed - [[spoiler: Apollo and The Midnighter are lovers.]]* ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'': The Shadowplay arc, where a bunch of Autobots flash back to Optimus Prime (then Orion Pax) saving thousands of innocents from a bomb planted by the corrupt senator, and investigate a lab designed for mutilation and MindRape with the help of several empowered bots, an unnamed non-corrupt senator, [[TheMedic Ratchet]], Chromedome (then Tumbler), and Roller. They save the day, with Optimus bringing down the bad guys, removing the bomb, and the non-corrupt Senator being taken away by the enforcers so Roller won't be killed. In the present, the purpose of the story, to bring a patient out of a coma, fails, but he's awakened by other means. Orion meets his predecessor Zeta and we see [[spoiler:the senator was taken away to the lab, lobotomized and given a new body with an all-too-familiar cyclops head. [[WhamLine One worker says his name is Shockwave]]. The arc is really his [[StartOfDarkness Start of Decepticon Allegiance]], even named after the procedure that turned him this way.]]* This is of course nowadays a LateArrivalSpoiler thanks to PopCulturalOsmosis, but TheReveal that Franchise/SpiderMan villain Green Goblin was Norman Osborn, a prominent member of Spidey's supporting cast, was [[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2013/01/04/comic-book-legends-revealed-400-part-1/ infamously shocking at the time]].* The final page of ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' Issue #6, revealing the identity and form of the new Nightmare Moon.-->'''Shadowfright:''' Now the Elements of Harmony will be destroyed and Ponyville will be defenseless! Meet our new Queen... [[spoiler:Nightmare Rarity]]!* At the end of the arc, "[[Franchise/TheFlash The Return of Barry Allen]]", the last page shows that the biography "The Life Story of the Flash," which was written sometime in the future, turns out to be have written by Wally's Aunt Iris - a character that had, at the time, been dead for over a decade.* In ''Comicbook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSearch'', when Zuko asks the Mother of Faces how to find his mother, she shows him Ursa's face [[spoiler:and then changes it to Noriko's, signifying that Ursa changed her name and lost her memories]].* During the ''{{Onslaught}}'' story arc, Onslaught rips the Gem Of Cytorrak out of Juggernaut's armor. Onslaught says that he's been waiting for this moment "his whole life"... and a shot of the person within the Onslaught armor reveals him to be [[spoiler: Charles Xavier]].* ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' #3 has one when the real (Earth-1) Lex Luthor destroys the holographic projectors that are disguising his imposter, revealing that person to be [[spoiler: Alexander Luthor of Earth-3]].* Judging it by the first few chapters, one might think that Creator/AlanMoore's ''ComicBook/FromHell'' is a generic historical conspiracy thriller about the UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper murders...until the two shots late in the book, where we see through Gull's eyes as he glimpses [[spoiler: a television set through a window]] and [[spoiler: a steel-and-glass skyscraper in the middle of London]], suddenly making it clear that his detailed mystical theories might be more than just theories.* Speaking of Alan Moore, issue 4 of the first volume of ''ComicbOok/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' features one on the very last page. Might count as something of a GeniusBonus - Professor Moriarty's physical appearance isn't ''quite'' as ingrained in pop-culture as that of his ArchNemesis Sherlock Holmes, but it's a still dead ringer for Sidney Paget's original illustrations of him, and the WhamLine "It's James. Call me James" just cements it.[[/folder]]

[[folder: Film - Animated ]]* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'', such a shot reveals that Carl's house is now in the middle of a construction area.* In ''Disney/WreckItRalph'', when Ralph sees [[spoiler: Vanellope's picture on the side of the ''Sugar Rush'' arcade cabinet, which therefore shows that she's meant to be in the game, causing him to suspect something's up.]]* The shot in ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'' that reveals that the witch [[spoiler: is just a scared little girl, who looks uncannily like Norman.]]* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' has a shot that reveals [[spoiler:the door that Mike found and opened to the human world doesn't have one child, but ''an entire summer camp''.]]** Slightly earlier, after the competition ends, Mike approaches the machine that measures the screams, and snaps his fingers. [[spoiler:The machine registers a high score, just like it did when he tried to scare the child, causing him to realize it has been tampered with]].* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'', [[spoiler:when Emmet falls off of the edge of the universe, he wakes up and finds himself in a basement. As in, a ''[[MediumBlending live-action]], '''human''''' basement. That's right, we're in the real world now.]]** Later, we someone coming downstairs. [[spoiler: "The Man from Upstairs", as he's affectionately called, is Creator/WillFerrell... who ''voices [[BigBad Lord Business]]''.]]** [[spoiler:Also, it pans to show all the universes as LEGO structures covered in "don't touch!" signs...except Cloud Cuckooland, which is relegated to a small table in the corner.]]* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie'', [[spoiler:[=SpongeBob=] and Patrick are drying out in a gift shop on the surface and they believe that they didn't reach Shell City and failed their mission... until Patrick notices a sign above them reading "Shell City: Marine Gifts and Sundries". Yep, they ''did'' make it.]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Film - Live Action ]]* The shot revealing "Rosebud" at the end of ''Film/CitizenKane''.* The shot of [[DeadAllAlong Mother]] in ''Film/{{Psycho}}''.* In ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'' when Judy flashes back to [[spoiler:pretending to be Madeleine to help fake her suicide]].* ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'': The shot of the buried Statue of Liberty, showing that the astronauts were on EarthAllAlong.* In ''Film/{{Iron Man|1}}'', when the black jeep drives into the terrorists' camp and [[spoiler: Obadiah Stane]] gets out.** Part 2 ended with Agent Coulson on looking at a crater caused by Thor's hammer.** ''Film/IronMan3'', as the movie nears its climax, the scene briefly cuts to Tony's wrecked home; a hidden underground room was shrouded in complete darkness, [[spoiler:until more than a dozen arc reactors start lighting up the place.]]* The end of ''Film/RememberMe'': after the main character waits in his father's office, a teacher writes the date on the board: September 11, 2001. Then - to show just how relevant that date is - it zooms out of the office, which is revealed to be in the Twin Towers.* From ''Film/ThePrestige'', when we finally get to see that the mysterious Lord Caldlow is actually Angier, who appeared to die at the start of the film.* In ''Film/BigGame'', Moore and Oskari turning in surprise and the camera moving to reveal dead fish, dead bodies and finally, the tail of Air Force One, which turns out to be submerged in the lake the duo has fallen into.* In ''Film/TheThirdMan'', when the light goes on in the doorway, revealing [[spoiler: Harry Lime]].* TheStinger to ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' gives us the final shot of [[spoiler: ''Thanos, the Mad Titan'']] turning toward the camera... [[SlasherSmile and]] ''[[SlasherSmile smiling.]]''* ''Film/{{Oblivion 2013}}'': When Jack and Julia crash-land in [[spoiler: a supposedly radioactive area]]. they spy a second plane land on the ground, and watch as the pilot gets out from a distance. [[spoiler:It's another Jack.]]* ''Film/FinalDestination5'': The ending has this for a wham shot. After they're convinced that they're off Death's list, Molly and Sam head off on an airplane to France, where everything is pretty normal... until Sam looks over and sees two people getting thrown off the plane. Didn't get that? [[spoiler:Turns out the people getting thrown out were Alex Browning and Carter Horton, the duo who are some of the survivors to the Flight 180 Disaster, the very same disaster seen in ''the first movie''. Yeah, this just became a prequel.]]* In the film version of ''Literature/GoneGirl'' we get the shot of [[spoiler: Amy driving a car with a determined look on her face.]] That in it of itself might not seem like much, but the caption reveals that this takes place ''on the day of Amy's disappearance.'' And then it hits you: [[spoiler: Amy staged her disappearance.]]* In ''Film/WeNeedToTalkAboutKevin'', when Eva comes home after witnessing Kevin turned himself in, she opens the curtain covering the patio (just like in the film's opening scene) and discovers the true reason why Franklin wasn't answering her calls all evening: [[spoiler:Franklin and Celia were both killed by Kevin's arrows BEFORE his massacre at the school.]]* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': Batman arrives at the address Joker gave him to save Rachel. He bursts through the door to find [[spoiler:not Rachel, but Harvey.]]* After Tommy drops Jason into the tractor harrows in ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning'', [[spoiler:a closeup on the corpse reveals that the killer wasn't Jason after all, but [[JackTheRipoff someone else]]]].* The ending of ''Film/BasicInstinct'': Catherine is seen reaching under the bed during the final scene with Nick, but when she brings up her hand, it's empty. The final shot pans down to show an icepick under the bed, implying Catherine is the real killer.* Toward the end of ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', as Thor leaves the throne room, Odin [[spoiler:is revealed to be Loki in disguise]].** With the later films of the MCU in mind, going back and watching Thor, particularly the Vault sequence, gives you a FreezeFrameBonus shot of [[spoiler:The Infinity Gauntlet]].* In ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', Cyclops and Jean Grey reunite in one scene, resulting in a [[TheBigDamnKiss Big Damn Kiss]] shot, which starts to focus on Jean Grey as her expression becomes emotionless while her eyes turn black and her skin gets paler, giving the strong implication that she's not exactly herself and that Cyclops is dead meat.* During the big duel at the funhouse in ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'', Scaramanga goes near the statue of Bond where he finished off the last person out to get him. Then there's a shot from behind the statue, and its fingers that he shot off before have [[NobodyHereButUsStatues somehow come back]]....* During the climax of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', we see Judge Doom [[spoiler:get run over by a steamroller...and ''survive'', revealing himself to be a Toon]].* ''Film/GhostShip'': The close-up of the mysterious instigator of the ''Antonia Graza'' massacre after he kills Francesca, revealing the demon to be the supposedly meek and heroic Ferriman, who originally led the protagonists to the ship.* The reappearance of the very much alive Barbossa in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest''.* In ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'', after bonding with [[MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold Scary German Guy]], one of the kids remarks upon leaving that he knows a lot about monsters. Scary German Guy agrees and shuts the door after them, revealing [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust numbers tattooed onto his arm]]. Especially jarring considering this was a kid's film!* In ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', when the scene of Dave and Frank discussing HAL's possible unreliability shifts to closeups of their mouths intercut with HAL's fisheye lens, indicating that HAL is [[ReadingLips reading their lips]].* In ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'' there's the closeup of [[spoiler: Arthur's neck, revealing a scar across it that indicates he's had a chip implanted just like all the other politicians in the film. This reveals that Arthur has joined forces with Valentine and the Kingsmen have been compromised.]]* ''Film/VantagePoint''. [[TurnCoat Agent Taylor]] is seen on camera dressed as a cop.* Dil's penis on ''Film/TheCryingGame''.[[/folder]]

[[folder: Live Action TV ]]* ''Series/{{Community}}'' ** The season 2 Valentines day episode ended with Pierce passed out from drugs at the park.** The shot at the end of "[[Recap/CommunityS3E22IntroductionToFinality Introduction To Finality]]" revealing [[FakingTheDead Starburns faked his death]].* On ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', this is how we see that [[spoiler: her mother died.]]** In the season 10 comics, Andrew steals the Vampyr book and everyone thinks he'll resurrect Warren. But the end shot of the issue reveals he intends to resurrect [[spoiler: Tara]]. Willow talks him out of it in the next issue. ** Issue 11 has [[spoiler: Buffy and Spike's [[TheBigDamnKiss Big Damn Kiss]]. Finally]]. * On ''Series/TheWestWing'' after the shooting the camera follows Toby around the scene, and all of a sudden comes across Josh, who has been shot and has a massive bloody chest wound.** In that same episode, [[spoiler: Secret Service agent Ron Butterfield finding the President's gunshot wound.]]* On ''Series/TwinPeaks'', one of these shows us that Bob is possessing Leland Palmer. Actually, pretty any time we see Bob comes off as one of these, as he's so strange looking and was used so sparingly.* At the end of ''Series/BreakingBad'' Season 4, the wham shot reveals that [[spoiler:Walter White had Lillies of the Valley growing in his back yard, more or less proving that ''he'' was the one who poisoned Brock, albeit non-lethally, and that he's been playing Gus and Jesse for the entire stretch of the finale.]]-->'''Creator/BryanCranston:''' The final shot of the season, is more of a [[TheEndingChangesEverything revelation]] really, of who this [[VillainProtagonist man]] [[MoralEventHorizon has become]], and the lengths that he'll go to, to get whatever he wants.** Earlier in that episode, there is a wham shot preceded by a wham sound: [[spoiler:Gus is about to kill Hector Salamanca, but Hector starts tapping his dinger, which isn't dinging properly. [[EnemyMine It is revealed that he let Walter strap his bomb on the bottom of Hector's wheelchair]] [[TakingYouWithMe and Hector suicide-bombs Gus and his henchman Tyrus to get revenge on Gus for wiping out his family.]]]]** At the end of ''Gliding Over All'' [[spoiler:Hank goes to Walt's bathroom and happens to pick up his copy of ''Leaves Of Grass''...and finds a dedication to "W.W." from "G.B." One flashback later, and Hank finally discovers Walt's secret.]]** Near the end of ''Confessions'' has [[spoiler:the look on Jesse's face when he realizes that Huell lifted his weed off of him. We see him finally come to the conclusion that Walt had him do the same thing with the ricin and that Walt was the one who poisoned Brock.]]** The penultimate episode of the series, ''Granite State'' has [[spoiler:Walt call the DEA to give himself up and settle down to have a last drink before being captured, only to see his former Grey Matter business partners talking on television about him. The police raid the bar he called from, the final shot being his still full glass left alone on the counter.]]* The shot of [[spoiler:the scorched remains of Earth]] in ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003''.* ''Series/DoctorWho'':** In the episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E1PartnersInCrime "Partners in Crime"]], Donna leaves a message with a bystander on her way to join the Doctor. Then the bystander turns to face the camera... and it's [[TheBusCameBack Rose]].** One that's shown up a few times is the revelation that the interior of some innocent-looking structure is actually a TARDIS -- such as when Vicki and Steven find their way into the Monk's TARDIS in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler "The Time Meddler"]], or when the Doctor bursts into the upstairs flat in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E11TheLodger "The Lodger"]]. For that matter, the first time that Barbara crosses the threshold of the Doctor's TARDIS in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild "An Unearthly Child"]].** The viewer is given absolutely no clue why Madame de Pompadour is being targeted throughout the entirety of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E4TheGirlInTheFireplace "The Girl in the Fireplace"]]... until the final shot, when the camera pulls out to reveal that [[spoiler:the name of the derelict ship is the ''S.S. Madame de Pompadour'']].** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks "Asylum of the Daleks"]] this was used when the Doctor discovers [[spoiler:Oswin is a Dalek]].** From [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor "The Name of the Doctor"]]:--->[[spoiler: Introducing Creator/JohnHurt as The Doctor.]]** From [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E10VincentAndTheDoctor "Vincent and the Doctor"]] comes a particularly harrowing one: after meeting Vincent van Gogh and facing down the nightmarish monster haunting his final days, showing him the TARDIS, and revealing his future legacy, the Doctor and Amy excitedly return to a present day art exhibit they saw at the start of the episode. [[spoiler:They're horrified to see that not a single new piece of art has appeared. For all their efforts, Vincent still killed himself.]]** This is how [[spoiler:the Twelfth Doctor]] is revealed in the 50th anniversary special [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor "The Day of the Doctor"]].*** Not to mention the appearance of [[spoiler:Creator/TomBaker as the Curator]], a cameo that was kept tight under wraps before the episode aired.** It was spoiled in the trailer and somewhat predictable in the episode, but the double-doors closing to show windows that look like Cybermen eyes was still a great wham shot in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E11DarkWater "Dark Water"]].** One of the biggest wham shots in the entire series is in the final scene of the last episode of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet "The Tenth Planet"]], when the Doctor [[TheNthDoctor regenerates]] for the very first time. [[MissingEpisode The episode itself is missing]], but luckily, the regeneration footage itself survives.** A rather stunningly well-delivered on occurs in "Utopia", when Martha notices Professor Yana's pocket watch. ** After the Doctor fails to rescue a little girl, she wanders out into the streets. A nearby homeless man asks if she's all right, and she says she's dying, but it'll be okay. She then regenerates, just as the Doctor and Master had.* The last scene of the pilot episode of ''Series/{{Perception}}'' reveals that [[spoiler:Natalie is another of Daniel's hallucinations]].* The climax of ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy's'' "Power of Pink" has Pink Ranger Kendrix Morgan go into a dangerous series of forcefields to destroy an ArtifactOfDoom that would destroy the Rangers space colony. She succeeds but gets caught up in a massive explosion. [[spoiler:Minutes later her fellow Rangers (and the audience) see [[HeroicSacrifice her]] ''[[TheHeroDies ghost]].'']]* In the third season of ''Series/TwentyFour'', the viewer sees someone helping out the Mexican drug cartel for the first few episodes. Then the operative leaves his office and steps into CTU, revealing that he is also TheMole (or so the viewers thought at the time).** Even better is the very end of Season 1, Episode 23, where Nina Meyers is the mole. Similarly played in Season 5, Episode 16, where Dragon Christopher Henderson is talking to his accomplice on the phone which in turn is revealed to be [[PresidentEvil the President of the United States]].** Heartbreakingly done at the end of the first season where Jack runs into the room his wife his been tied up in [[spoiler: only to discover the [[KilledOffForReal bullet wound in her chest]] as he attempts to rouse her.]]** Late in Day 8, Jack and Renee are racing against the clock to save President Hassan from terrorists who are broadcasting a live feed of their "trial" of Hassan before they execute him. They burst in just in time and kill the terrorists. [[spoiler: Jack then spots one of the video feeds showing that the terrorists are still alive and unharmed, revealing that it's not a live broadcast but a recording, and that Hassan has already been killed.]]* From the season 2 finale of ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'', the gum wrapper that A was using as a bookmark. It's the same brand that Mona was chewing earlier.** Also in "The Lady Killer" where Mona's accomplice is revealed be [[spoiler: Toby]]** Perhaps the Wham Shot to end them all as far as this series is concerned: The Season 3 finale, when it's revealed that the mysterious "Red Coat" is [[spoiler: Alison]].* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':** The Wham moment in Episode 1 isn't Jaime's "The things I do for love," but the fact that he pushes Bran out the window right after saying it.** In the season 3 episode "The Rains of Castamere", it's the shot of [[spoiler: Catelyn pulling back Roose's sleeve to reveal chainmail that clues the audience into Roose being a traitor, and therefore the whole wedding being a trap. Then the knives come out.]]** Season 4's "Oathkeeper" showed what do the Others did to Craster's sons. They got turned to White Walkers by The Night's King.* In ''Series/{{Haven}}'', it is prophesied that a man with a circular maze tattoo on his arm will kill Duke Crocker. The second season finale ends with Duke looking on in horror as [[spoiler:''Nathan Wuornos'']] sports the tattoo and threatens him with a gun.* ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'':** As if the season finale wasn't Wham-y enough ([[spoiler: Short version: Will Graham is framed for Hannibal Lecter's murders]]), the final scene shows [[spoiler: Will in what will become Hannibal Lecter's jail cell.]]** In the season 2 episode ''Takiawase'', Beverly Katz discovers Hannibal's hidden basement, and whatever he has stored down there. She turns on the lights to get a better look, [[spoiler:revealing Hannibal standing mere feet behind her, and ensuring to the viewers that Beverly is guaranteed to not get out of this alive.]]* The first appearance of the Super Sentai army, preparing to fight off the Zangyack invasion, at the beginning of ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''.** In episode 40, the Gokaigers were sent to the past in order to supposedly claim a [[PlotCoupon Grand Power]]. The episode ends but they didn't get a new power; however, a quick cut shows the temple they protected while in the past is home to something: [[spoiler:the magic jar containing [[Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger Ninjaman]].]]* ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'':** A WhamShot takes place when Arthur notices Guinevere and Lancelot exchanging a HeldGaze and HoldingHands.** ''Merlin'' ended with a shot of a [[DistantFinale truck]] whizzing past.* ''Series/{{Lost}}'':** At the end of the season 4 finale, Jack has opened the coffin of "[[ClarkKenting Jeremy Benthem]]," though we can't see inside of it yet. Then the camera pans over so we can see who "Jeremy Benthem" really is... and it's [[spoiler:Locke]]!** Another one earlier in the season: One of the people on the boat is [[spoiler:Michael]]** In the season 3 finale, there was [[spoiler: Kate]] appearing at the end of Jack's flashbacks [[spoiler: showing that it's actually a flash''forward'' taking place after they get off the island.]]** At the end of the fourth episode, [[spoiler: Locke in a wheelchair at the end of his last flashback. All previous flashbacks throughout it had him behind a desk or in bed.]]* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''** [[spoiler: The titular mother appearing for the very first time]] in the season 8 finale "Something New".** In "Vesuvius", after [[spoiler: The Mother said that "What mother is going to miss her daughter’s wedding?", Ted gave a sorrowful reaction to it, suggesting that the she is dying]].* ''Series/TheWalkingDead''** The last walker coming out of the barn in "Pretty Much Dead Already" turns out to be their lost TagalongKid Sophia.*** Shane and Randall reanimating without getting bitten or scratched by other walkers in the same episode.** The reappearance of [[BigBad The Governor]] in "Interment" means that things will get chaotic again. * ''Series/OnceUponATime'': The urn full of magic that even [[MagnificentBastard Rumple]] felt was too dangerous to use tips over. Blue liquid pours out over the ritual sigil left on the floor, taking humanoid shape...and [[spoiler:[[{{Disney/Frozen}} Queen Elsa]] shoots a blast of frost from her fingertips before walking out. ]]** The shot in 'The Price of Gold' that reveals Regina is sleeping with Graham** The shot in 'Think Lovely Thoughts' that reveals Pan is Rumpel's Father* In the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "In Purgatory's Shadow," Worf and Garak are captured by the Dominion and taken to an internment camp where they're locked up with General Martok and several others. At one point, Martok learns that a friend of his is being released from solitary confinement...and that friend is revealed to be [[spoiler: Doctor Bashir]], revealing that the one aboard [=DS9=] is a Changeling.* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': In the "Unimatrix Zero" two-part episode, several Borg Drones have created a mental world where they can live as individuals free from the Collective's control. At one point one of the children is playing in the woods with his friend, and he crawls through some bushes... until he looks up and sees the Borg Queen standing in front of him.* In the first part of a two-parter episode of ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'', we see a woman, played by Delta Burke, who was a part of a family of traveling gospel singers and is being counseled by a therapist about the memory of a bus accident that [[spoiler: killed several of her family members three years earlier]]. Throughout the episode, she keeps blocking out the point before the accident and is seen talking to her young son, who we see throughout the hour. At the end of the episode, however, we see that [[spoiler: [[TearJerker her son also died in the accident, she lost her memory in the accident and that given her lack of accepting the events and her delusions of him, she has been in a mental institution ever since.]]]]* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': In the episode "Turn, Turn, Turn", the signal is finally decrypted and it's ''not'' good news: [[spoiler: OUT OF THE SHADOWS, INTO THE LIGHT: HYDRA]]** In the same episode, Coulson's face changing right after [[spoiler:Garrett]] says something only Coulson knew: "...the same machine she used on that bitch in the flower dress."** Used in the episode "Shadows" when it turns out [[spoiler: Simmons isn't really there and Fitz is talking to himself]].* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'': The season 3 finale show SWAT raiding the library.* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'': After the successful destruction of the Asuran homeworld in "Be All My Sins Remembered" by the Tau'ri-Wraith-Traveller alliance, the last shot of the episode reveals the apparently still alive [[spoiler:Elizabeth Weir]] clad in villain gear and commanding a Replicator ship.* On ''Series/{{ER}}'', when Neela goes to visit Ray in another hospital (he was hit by a truck several episodes prior). When she first sees him, his face is bruised and scratched, but he seems okay otherwise. . .until his room door is opened wider and his nurse picks him up, revealing that both of his legs have been amputated.* On ''Series/{{Fringe}}'', the existence of the alternate universe is confirmed when the camera draws back from an office window where the last scene of Season 1 takes place, and keeps drawing back to show that [[spoiler: it's an office in the World Trade Center, which wasn't destroyed in that reality]].* ''Series/{{Friends}}''** Season 1: Ross exits his plane with a new girlfriend.** Season 2: Janice is the woman Chandler has been speaking on the phone with.** Season 4: Chandler and Monica are in bed together.** Season 5: Ross and Rachel exit a Vegas quickie marriage chapel.** Season 7: The camera pans to a pregnant Rachel.[[/folder]]

[[folder: Machinima ]]* In the final episode of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' Season 10, the context of the last forty episodes is turned on its head when the Director finally removes his ScaryShinyGlasses to {{reveal}} [[spoiler:his eyes are [[FamilyEyeResemblance the same color]] as Carolina's]].** In the final episode of Season 12, TheStinger where Control a.k.a. [[spoiler:Malcom Hargrove]] demands to know whether a package he wanted was delivered to him. The computer screen then shows [[spoiler:the Meta's helmet]].[[/folder]]

[[folder: Video Games ]]* In the fan game ''VideoGame/StoryOfTheBlanks'', based on ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', the viewer (and Applebloom) gets quite the Wham Shot when they look into the fireplace and discover the charred remains of a pony skeleton. This is one of the first clues (but definitely the most jarring) that Sunny Town is not at all the bright, friendly town that it seems.* Midna's tear [[spoiler: cracking the Mirror of Twilight]] at the end of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''. It may have been briefly foreshadowed during the game, but not long before she does it, she says [[spoiler: "As long as that mirror's around, we could meet again."]]* In the post-credits scene in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'', [[spoiler: Zobek finds Gabriel, who has become a vampire and calls himself Dracula, hiding in a church. The two of them have a very brief fight which ends with Gabriel being flung through a stained glass window... and landing in the middle of a street in a modern day city.]]* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', as the Alliance and Horde forces march into battle in the Jade Forest, Lorewalker Cho completes his restoration project. He then [[OhCrap reacts in horror]] as the finished third image shows [[spoiler:a Sha rising, signifying that the Alliance and Horde's war will empower the Sha, which feed on negative emotions]].** In the Alliance version of the ending for Mists of Pandaria, after Garrosh's defeat, Varian walks up to the Horde leaders and demands to speak with their Warchief. The crowd parts and reveals [[spoiler:Vol'jin, rather than Thrall]].* In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', due to censorship, every cyborg in the game bleeds white blood, with one exception: [[spoiler:Samuel Rodrigues]], who is shown bleeding red blood, revealing that the character in question barely has any cybernetic enhancements. In the international release, every character has red blood, so ParrotExposition is used to reveal this.* ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' has the infamous white phosphorus incident, where the PlayerCharacter [[spoiler:unleashes a toxic chemical weapon upon some enemies that also kills unsuspecting civilians. Walking through the enemy camp carpeted with mutilated soldiers is disturbing enough (especially because several are ''still being burned alive''). The shot of a civilian woman's corpse futilely shielding the corpse of her child brings the wham - the sound of the game's tone plummeting from "ambiguous and bleak" to "lightless depths of madness".]]** The game also has the shot of [[spoiler:Lugo hanging from a noose surrounded by the lynch mob]] in Chapter 13 and [[spoiler:the real Konrad's dead body]] in Chapter 15.* ''VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}'' the third level named "Forerunner", Master Chief activates a satellite to contact the ''Infinity'', but he unwittingly ends up freeing the Didact, a living Forerunner.* ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' has several. In Luna's route, [[spoiler:Luna can briefly be seen outside the AB Room before Round 3 starts, when she's supposed to be dead.]]** In K's route, [[spoiler:Sigma pulls off K's mask to see that he looks just like Sigma.]]** Sigma [[spoiler:bleeding white blood.]]** The end of Quark's route reveals that the old woman had an ID card, with the name [[spoiler:Kurashiki]] on it.* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', after defeating [[DiskOneFinalBoss The Hanged Man]], the party returns to the dorm to celebrate the fact that the Dark Hour is gone for good. But when you see [[spoiler: the usual Dark Hour intro animation play the following night]], you know you're in for a WhamEpisode...* At the end of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'', the time gates are closing, the paradox is resolved, Hope's Cocoon is ascending, and Noel, Serah, and Mog are safe...[[spoiler:and then you see Etro's Gate shining in Serah's eyes]].* ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2'': At the end of Chapter Five, Hinata is left in a state of shock that lasts a whole day due to the outcome of the chapter's trial. The next day, he comes out of his cottage, and is greeted by [[spoiler: Nanami, who died in the previous trial. And then the world gets seriously weird...]]* The image of [[spoiler: a lifeless Earth]] in ''VideoGame/BluePlanet: Age of Aquarius'' after it's been bombarded into oblivion by [[BigBad the Shivans]].** Also the appearance of the Shivan [[spoiler: super-juggernaut ''SJ Dante'']] in the second-to-last mission definitely counts.* After a boss-fight in ''VideoGame/DeadRising3'' Nick's friend Diego brings him into a museum that is used to explain the plot of the first 2 games, and points to an exhibit of a zombie that caused an outbreak in 2007. Diego points out one minor detail in the picture, which the game zooms in on. [[spoiler: The zombie has a tattoo... in the same place and manner of Nick, the main character]].* In ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'', Axl's ending sees [[spoiler:him being rendered comatose after a LastBreathBullet from [[BigBad Lumine]]. As he was carried back to Earth, a fragment of what Lumine attacked him with is seen in his forehead crystal, shining ominously.]] Unfortunately, nothing ever came out of it; the next chronological game, ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission'', never alluded to the event, and the series is currently defunct.* In ''Jak3Wastelander'', the cutscene "The Strange Gets Stranger" has a Precursor statue opening, revealing [[spoiler: that the Precursors are ottsels.]] The characters present [[BigOMG react accordingly.]] * At the end of the first [[Videogame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon FEAR]] game, the camera pans down from the image of Alma's second birth to show her medical file, which lists her name as "Alma [[spoiler: Wade]]." That one shot changes the context of 90% of the previous game.* At the end of Act 1 of ''VideoGame/BrokenAge'', the camera shows Vella lying on the beach after defeating Mog Chothra, [[spoiler:only for Shay to stumble out of the monster, revealing that his "spaceship" was Mog Chothra all along.]]* In the second generation of ''PhantasyStarIII'', you have to take a spaceship to one of the two moons orbiting your world (whichever moon you travel to depends on your hero in this generation). When you take off in the spaceship, you find out that you're not living on a planet, but that the game takes place on a [[GenerationShips Generation Ship]].* In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]'', the intro shot of the battle with Wally at the end of Victory Road lingers on his new pendant... [[spoiler:[[TookALevelInBadass with a Key Stone in it]]. Yep, Wally can now use Mega Evolution too!]]* In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'' we have [[spoiler:Athena surrounded by five black Psyche-Locks]]. Keep in mind that [[VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney the only other person in the series to have those]] was beyond redepmtion.* ''VideoGame/{{Killer7}}'' gets one at the end of the Alter-Ego chapter. The first two chapters have set up Kun Lan and the mystery of the Heaven's Smiles as very important, but then for the next three chapters they kind of take a back-seat as the Smiths deal with stuff like a crazy cult leader, another assassin, and team of super-sentai parodies. The very last shot at the end of the chapter is Kun Lan over a red screen, reaching for the camera, to remind you he's still around, and warn you that the next chapter is all about him and the Smiles again.[[/folder]]

[[folder: Web Comics ]]* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' has a separate folder just for Wham Shots on its [[Reactions/{{Homestuck}} Reactions]] page.* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': ** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0842.html The Draketooth family tree.]]** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0913.html Tarquin]] [[spoiler:stabbing Nale]].* In ''Webcomic/SecretOfManaTheater'', during the fight with the Spiky Tiger, Faun [[spoiler:draws the sword she claimed Elinee had stolen,]] revealing that she [[spoiler:had stolen it and was manipulating him into helping her rescue Dyluck]]. The significance of doing so is not lost on Seth, and he [[WhatTheHellHero becomes quite upset]].* ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'': in the last comic of the arc "Professor Madblood and the Everlasting Ices of the North", Dave looks at a holographic projection of a quote from "Alice in Wonderland", and his glasses clear because he has just GoneMadFromTheRevelation [[spoiler: that he is really a mad scientist and Helen has been experimenting on him for the entire run of the comic.]]* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'': For the comic strip titled "Hand to Hand" (Nov. 13, 2013), Jata, the VERY MUSCULAR crown Prince of Feraga, has just laid waste to his own arranged wedding, knocked his forced-bride-to-be into the pool, and is currently beating the stuffing out of his own bodyguards (who have turned on him because of his insensitivity to the feelings of his own bride) with no sign of stopping [[spoiler: until Uncle Deadeye, the mute bodyguard seen in two previous strips, stops Jata's fist from connecting with the back of Miles' head, SMILING as he does it! We then cut away while someone in the audience says "Wow, I didn't know cats could bend like THAT."]]* In ''Webcomic/TheDragonDoctors'', Chapter 21 sees [[spoiler:Elka and Greg]] [[http://dragondoctors.dhscomix.com/archives/comic/ch-21-page-16 walk into the demons' headquarters and see]] [[spoiler:Shelinda the Cyber-Shaman]] (whom most would have assumed was dead centuries earlier) [[spoiler:hooked up to a hideous array of machines]].* In ''Webcomic/AgentsOfTheRealm'', the second-to-last page of chapter 3 reveals that not only Jordan already works as an agent, but she also cooperates with TheDragon, Ruby.[[/folder]]

[[folder: Web Original ]]* The ''WebAnimation/RiseOfTheMushroomKingdom'' flash series starts when Mario is killed by a Bullet Bill, causing Luigi to go after Bowser to avenge his brother's death. At the end of part two, Luigi visits Mario's grave, a Bullet Bill just misses him, and [[spoiler:Wart is revealed to be the true culprit]]. Unfortunately, enough viewers couldn't put the pieces together that the frustrated creator had to put up a message [[ViewersAreMorons explaining what was going on]].* In ''Series/{{Noob}}'', one of the characters attacks a enemy player that seems to be present near his group just by chance, only to have his guild master (that he hadn't seen in weeks) block his sword.* ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'': --> '''WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic''': Well, I might as well check my email.--> *Opens his laptop and looks at the open Word document*--> [[spoiler:TO BOLDLY FLEE]]--> [[spoiler:By Doug and Rob Walker]]* At the end of the Christmas 2013 episode, ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' finds a good Spider-man game... that has [[BigBad LJN]]'s logo on it.* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' Volume 2 ends with two.** The last scene with the villains has Cinder lamenting that since so many White Fang died in the train job, they won't follow them anymore. Cue ''[[spoiler:Adam]]'' stepping in and reassuring her that ''they will''.** TheStinger has Yang presumably taking a night-time stroll through Beacon's grounds and meeting none other than [[MysteriousProtector the strange samurai woman who saved her from Neo]].-->'''Yang''': "... Who are you?"-->''*The woman takes off her mask and reveals [[spoiler:a woman who looks like an older version of Yang with black hair and red eyes, implied to be her MissingMom]].*''-->'''The Woman''': "Yang, we have a ''lot'' to talk about."-->''*Cuts back to Yang's face. [[RedEyesTakeWarning Her eyes are brightly glowing red]].*''* Part 6 of ''[[Roleplay/AsteroidQuest Polo Quest]]'' has two in the same update. First [[http://tgchan.org/kusaba/quest/src/143426967418.png we see what Penn looks like without her contacts,]] (accompanied with a noticeable shift in narration style), then we see her through the eyes of everyone else, discovering the database's title for her: "[[spoiler:biological reincarnation of the Sapphire Emperor]]".* ''Roleplay/NanQuest'' has a bunch.** In the Anasazi Lounge, [[http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questarch/src/141620044923.gif this image]] suddenly reveals that the Pilgrim is attacking again. Also doubles as a JumpScare.** [[spoiler:Henry]] donning the Pilgrim costume.--->'''[[spoiler:Henry]]:''' I just wanted my family back. To know that they're all right. To see my daughter again. To hold my wife. [[http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questarch/res/603095.html#608073 I'd kill for that.]]** [[spoiler:Lorenzo]] revealing themselves in the burned shrine, after multiple panels of the figure being obscured and unrecognizable. [[http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questarch/src/141869819506.gif The panel is even in different dimensions from the rest of the quest to really emphasize it.]]** [[spoiler:Pablo]] fatally stabbing [[spoiler:Lorenzo]], which constitutes a HeroicSacrifice. Also doubles as a WhamLine.--->"Nan, you've done so much for us. Ever since we've been here. You've done more than any of us. It's not fair of me to treat you like this, after everything. Because [[spoiler:I asked you to pick between us]], you already had to make [[SadisticChoice one hard decision]]. You shouldn't have to make another. [[http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questarch/res/636485.html#645915 So I'm making the choice for you.]]"** At the very end of the adventure, [[http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questarch/src/143351197006.gif we see the full version of entry 466,]] providing some additional context.-->Nan, I won't let you leave. [[DeathSeeker Not until you have taken my life.]] I hope that one day you will under-- my convictions. But believe me wh-- that it must be you. I pray to God-- will be able to do what must be-- and I can only beg your forgiveness.[[/folder]]

[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* From ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', the episode "Too Old," Lemongrab walks on screen, now morbidly obese. Next to him, we see [[spoiler: Lemongrab 2, whose legs have been destroyed so badly that he needs a machine to move around]]. He is also [[spoiler: missing half of his head, and he looks severely emaciated]]. In addition to this, [[spoiler: Lemongrab 2]] is now extremely [[spoiler: quiet and subdued]].** At the end of "Lemonhope", [[spoiler:the titular character is seen WalkingTheEarth in what is implied to be 1000 years in the future... through the futuristic ruins of the Candy Kingdom, implying that [[HistoryRepeats it will destroy itself just like the human world]].]]** The end of "Evergreen" shows [[spoiler:A CometOfDoom heading towards Ooo]].* From ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', the episode "Witches of the Mist," Mother Talzin is telling Savage Opress of his long lost brother, whom Savage must now seek out. In Talzin's crystal ball, we see an image of said brother's face: It's '''[[NotQuiteDead Darth]]''' '''[[OhCrap Maul]]'''.* In the ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' GrandFinale [[TheMovie movie]], [[spoiler: Edd is scolding Eddy's brother for beating up Eddy when we see from Edd's POV, an extreme close-up of Eddy's brother giving him an ''extremely terrifying'' SlasherSmile, revealing him as a sadistic sociopath and that there's no stopping him.]]* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' episode "Who Do You Trust?" ends with the Skrull counterpart of Captain America telling his queen that he successfully planted paranoia and mistrust into some of the most powerful members. The Skrull queen comes out of the shadows, and reveals she has taken on the human identity of Mockingbird.* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' episode "Return to New York Part 3" ends with [[spoiler:the decapitated Shredder getting up and walking away, carrying his own head]].* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' Season 2 finale kicks off with April bringing Irma to the Lair after being chased by [[MechaMooks Foot-bots]]. She sees the turtles and begins to twitch. Her twitching quickly [[spoiler: gains a mechanical quality. Then, her head rises up on a mechanical pole, her eyes start to glow read, and the rest of her body unfolds, revealing an [[EliteMooks oversized Kraang droid]] inside.]]* In the ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' episode "Leela's Homeworld", Leela looks into the sky knowing her lost alien parents are out in space somewhere. The camera pans up towards the heavens, then quickly pans down into the sewer gutter to reveal Leela's parents, who are really mutants.** ''[[BigDamnMovie Bender's Big Score]]'' has one. After Lars's HeroicSacrifice, Fry and Leela look at his corpse to reveal Fry's Bender tattoo, meaning he's Fry's time paradox duplicate.** "Fry and the Slurm Factory" shows the secret ingredient of Slurm: [[spoiler: it comes from the ''ass'' of a giant worm queen.]]-->'''Fry:''' That's the secret ingredient of Slurm!?-->'''Leela:''' [[spoiler:That's the ''only'' ingredient of Slurm!]]** "The Problem with Popplers" is this: if you leave these tasty snacks lying around too long, [[spoiler: they wake up, smiling. They're larval Omicronians.]]* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has one in the Season 3 finale [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure Magical Mystery Cure.]] Twilight emerges back in Ponyville after having a spell cast on her. [[http://images.wikia.com/mlp/images/f/fb/Alicorn_Twilight_reveal_1_S3E13.png She emerges with a pair of wings, marking her as an alicorn princess.]]* ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'' series finale. Hal Jordan, on a hunch, goes over all the known uninhabited star systems and the systems that [[spoiler:Aya destroyed]]. They overlay exactly.* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' episode "Birthmark", Beast Boy wonders why the next day is so important to Raven. Cut to Slade [[BackFromTheDead rising from the ground]] saying the day has begun. * ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' episode "The Return". Seemingly about the return of the AMAZO android, but the ending sees the reappearance of [[spoiler:Hawkgirl, last seen leaving the League after "Starcrossed".]]* "The Last Stand", the GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', manages this in its ''final'' shot, with [[spoiler:previously "merely" HeterosexualLifePartners Korra and Asami turning to each other, HoldingHands and sharing a soft HeldGaze as they teleport off to a spirit world vacation, also retroactively coloring much of the previous two books as flat-out HomoeroticSubtext. It somewhat serves as this for the entirety of "children's" WesternAnimation, as well]].* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': In "The Oracle", Gumball, Darwin, and Anais discover that Banana Joe's mom's paintings can apparently predict the future...such as one showing Gumball naked in the mall surrounded by angry citizens. Okay, but the episode ends with [[spoiler: Banana Barbara painting [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/theamazingworldofgumball/images/c/c1/The_Oracle_75.png/revision/latest?cb=20150131204458 this last picture]], showing the Watterson family running through [[DesolationShot a crumbling Elmore]] (or maybe the Void) with a dark shadow looming overhead,]] implying...well, something highly dramatic (a [[DramaBombFinale Drama Bomb]] SeasonFinale, perhaps...?) will likely happen later in the season at least.* The season finale for ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', ''Fire Through the Galaxy'', has two in very quick succession. First comes the reveal of Ahsoka Tano as the enigmatic Fulcrum (though this may be YMMV depending on how much credence you gave to fans who were able to ferret out the twist after Fulcrum's first vocal appearance). The second, and definitive WhamShot comes when Grand Moff Tarkin reveals the "alternatives" to the now-deceased Inquisitor. Cue Agent Kallus having a quiet OhCrap moment as a very familiar black helmet comes into view...* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has quite a few. Here are some of the ones that effect the entire series;** At the end of Gidion Rises, Grunkle Stan goes into his secret room behind the Mystery Shack's vending machine. After reaching a desk surrounded by complicated machinery [[spoiler: he pulls out a journal just like Dipper's, only the number on the hand is ''1''.]][[/folder]]----